Guide to Dartmoor Cairn Circles

Currently the listings are divided into categories using aspects of Turners 1990 system of classification. Some of the cairn circles are listed as Ring Settings and Platform Circles (with more categories such as Ring Cairns to be added later). A Ring Setting is defined by Turner as a circular ring of stones with a central feature such as a cist or a paved area or pit, but with no cairn mound. A Platform Circle is the same as a Ring Setting but with a raised interior.

There are problems with the classification system used by Turner. It is largely based on current appearance and this does not necessarily reflect original construction. The classification system used by Turner is not used by Butler and is referred to by Gerrard and used in an amended way by Newman. Simply referring to these structures as cairn circles does nothing to clarify the very diverse forms of these structures but on the other hand a too rigid attempt to classify inevitably has problems as there are very many structures that are "shades of grey" in the sense they do not neatly fit into rigid categories. What is clear is that cairns on Dartmoor have features that are regionally or even locally unique and for this reason attempts to classify in the same way as cairns throughout the country leads to a muddled picture. Turner started the process of trying to achieve a coherent classification system for cairns on Dartmoor but it appears that not all of his system has met with general acceptance. We have started here with some of Turner's suggested classifications as this section of the database is developed but this is envisioned as a temporary "fix" or "foundation" which will be refined and modernised in due course.

External Links & Resources

The NMRs can be searched on the English Heritage Pastscape website. The simplest method is to use a location search and reduce the range to 250m to narrow the results (increase to 500m if site not found). The Megalithic Portal is another great resource for looking up sites.

Listing of some of the Dartmoor Cairn Circles

About the Database Listings

Details of archaeological sites used to be kept in the Sites and Monuments Records (SMRs). These are now held in National Monument Records (NMRs) maintained by English Heritage although these in turn are being merged into Historic Environment Records (HERs). The NMRs contains details of the site and will often include field notes, a limited bibliography and other useful information. Another rich source of such information is Bill Radcliffe's Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor (PMD) website. The records below were compiled independently from books and journals and then matched to the NMR records and then cross-referenced with any corresponding PMD records to ensure accuracy. Each record has a link to corresponding NMR and PMD records, a link to the location on the Ordnance Survey map, a photo (if available) and a link to relevant coverage on Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks and a link giving a listing of nearby sites. The HER records are not included as they do not yet have much information but they can be looked up via the PMD records. The author would like to thank Bill Radcliffe for the helpful correspondence whilst checking records. See also: Database and Web Search Tools

NOTE: There are hundreds of Cairns on Dartmoor. This listing is only of the cairn circles that are more notable (e.g listed by Turner) or those that have been featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks on this website.

Default listing is alphabetically by site name, click here to order instead by: Site Name, OS, Cairn Type.

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Assycombe Double Stone RowOS Map:SX 66102 82650NMR record:SX 68 SE 4HER record:6538Megalithic Portal:45814PMD:Assycombe Stone RowAlternate name: Assycombe Hill Stone Row Encircled Cairn and CistShort Name: CT:AssycombeButler map: 35.19Butler Vol 5: p.232 & Fig.164Grinsell: LYD 26Turner: F16DPD: 135Dimensions (m): 8.0 x 0.4 CNotes: The cairn at the E end is in line with the N of the two rows. It measures 8.4m in diameter and is 0.6m high. It contains a large quantity of stone; two stones in the centre, set at right angles to each other around a hollow, suggest the remains of a cist.Nearby sites:SX66108265

OS Map:SX 64140 76270NMR record:SX 67 NW 44HER record:5885Megalithic Portal:3056Alternate name: Bellever Tor 2 Encircled CairnShort Name: EC:Bellever SWButler map: 27.20.2Grinsell: LYD 59aTurner: F18Dimensions (m): 6.0 x 0.8Notes: Turner F18 "cairn, it does not appear to have been excavated, although there is a slight disturbance at the top centre where large granite stones are bared. At the north west extreme are two stones, the positions of which indicate this being part of the retaining circle, no others remain. Height 0.8m, diameter 5.0m."Nearby sites:SX64147627

OS Map:SX 68686 81654NMR record:SX 68 SE 16HER record:6673Megalithic Portal:34981Alternate name: Birch Tor Summit CairnShort Name: CN:Birch TorButler map: 24.4Grinsell: N.BOV 1Barrow Report: 56 Dimensions (m): 17.0 x 2.0Notes: "The heavily disturbed remains of a large, flat-topped cairn lie on the ridge crest 230 metres north of Birch Tor. The centre and south margin of this feature have apparently suffered from an unrecorded excavation with spoil dumped to the south and on the east fringe of the mound. Two large upright slabs are embedded in the unexcavated interior of the cairn and may have previously been interpreted as elements of a kerb even though they lie several metres in from the actual edge of the feature. 10m to the north-west of the cairn is a warren boundary stone inscribed with the letters`WB'on its eastern side."Nearby sites:SX68698165

OS Map:SX 55305 89126NMR: No record found HER record:48863Megalithic Portal:45843Short Name: RC:BranscombeTurner: A57Dimensions (m): 18.5Notes: Turner A57. One of 4 cairns on Corn Ridge - see Turner "Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor" DASP No. 48 p59 for diagram of the 4 cairns. This one is a "tor cairn" - a circular bank enclosing a rocky outcrop. The circle can be seen clearly on Google Earth satellite imagery.Nearby sites:SX55318913

OS Map:SX 65740 66040NMR record:SX 66 NE 34HER record:5187Megalithic Portal:717Short Name: CC:Buckland FdButler map: 57.23Grinsell: LYD 107Turner: G19DPD: 87Barrow Report: 65 Dimensions (m): c.9.0 x 0Notes: Turner Stone Circle G19. Probable cairn circle. "A small, probably sepulchral, stone circle. It consists of 14 stones arranged in an 'egg' shape. The long axis is 9.9 metres aligned due east by 8.2m transversely. A further 7 stones are in close proximity but may not be associated. There is no trace of a cist or cairn." "It is largely obscured by long tussocky grass and the absence of a discernible cairn or cist makes it an unusual site by Dartmoor standards".Nearby sites:SX65746604

OS Map:SX 73570 73240NMR record:HER record:30630Megalithic Portal:45827Alternate name: Buckland Common 5 Stone Ring Cairn Circle Short Name: RC:BucklandRidButler map: 10.9Turner: A13Dimensions (m): 19.0Notes: Linear arrangement of mounds incorporated into boundary. Could be prehistoric cairns. Turner A13. No NMR record. "Robbed cairn. Stone ring is 13m inside diameter bank 1.80m wide and 50cms high, much of the bank on the eastern side has been destroyed. The central area has been disturbed, modern stone wall running north to south through the eastern section of the stone ring."Nearby sites:SX73577324

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon BallOS Map:SX 66012 58573NMR record:SX 65 NE 4HER record:2886Megalithic Portal:31698PMD:Butterdon Long CairnAlternate name: Butterdon Hill chambered cairn Chambered TombShort Name: NT:ButterdonButler map: 53.15Butler Vol 5: p.155Grinsell: A:UGB 2Dimensions (m): 25.0 x 13.0 x 0.9Notes: "The mound is situated on a slight south-east slope at 1050 ft O.D. It is 25 metres long, orientated north-south, is 16.0 metres wide and 0.9 metre high at the north end and 10.0 metres wide and 0.7 metre high at the south end. There are no visible side ditches. The construction is of earth and small stones but extensive pillaging and/or excavation has exposed a number of large upright and some displaced stones. The mound is certainly a long barrow."Nearby sites:SX66015857

OS Map:SX 65601 58766NMR record:SX 65 NE 26HER record:2895Megalithic Portal:10002Alternate name: Butterdon Hill Summit 5 CairnShort Name: CN:Butterdon HButler map: 53.9.5Butler Vol 5: p.160Grinsell: HAR 17Dimensions (m): 30.0 x 4.0Notes: "The northernmost of several cairns near the summit of Butterdon Hill lies approximately 200 feet south-south-east (sic) from the retaining circle at the end of the stone row (SX 65 NE 17). There are clear remains of a marginal wall on the eastern circumference
of this cairn; whether it is an original feature is not known but there is no apparent reason why it should have been added later. A large cairn, 27 metres in diameter, 3.3 metres high. The barrow has an apparent berm, but this may not have been an original
characteristic."

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rowsOS Map:SX 65634 58816NMR record:SX 65 NE 66HER record:2897Megalithic Portal:722PMD:Butterdon RowAlternate name: Butterdon Hill stone row Encircled CairnShort Name: EC:ButterdonButler map: 53.8.1Grinsell: HAR 16Turner: F8DPD: 78Dimensions (m): c.11.0 x 0.6Notes: Turner F8. A low cairn within a retaining circle of stones is situated at SX65635881, at the south end of the Butterdon stone row (SX 65 NE 17), with which it is associated. The circle is 11 metres in diameter, and consists of twelve stones, all now recumbent, although when Worth wrote in 1941, one was erect and three were leaning. Some of the stones are unusually large. The cairn is 9 metres in diameter by 0.3 metre high, with a hollow in the centre. Radcliffe reports: Mike Brown says the row "terminates in a small kistvaen" at its southern end. Hemery says the cist "has been removed". Lethbridge p.78 Row 1 diagram p.77.Nearby sites:SX65635882

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Challacombe Down Triple Stone RowOS Map:SX 68980 80840NMR record:SX 68 SE 28HER record:49462Megalithic Portal:1819PMD:Challacombe Down Stone RowShort Name: CC:ChallacombeButler map: 24.3Butler Vol 5: p.239 & Fig.169Turner: G20Dimensions (m): 8Notes: Turner Stone Circle G20. Dubious site - the current arrangement relates to stones placed during restoration of the stone row. See Worth (1953) p. 226 on how "nothing coherent" came of attempts to re-erect stones scattered to the west of the north end of the row which gave the appearance of a stone circle.Nearby sites:SX68988084

OS Map:SX 62577 70299NMR record:SX 67 SW 31HER record:48907Megalithic Portal:15211PMD:Childe's TombShort Name: CT:ChildesTombButler map: 64.4Grinsell: LYD 96Turner: E33DPD: 94Dimensions (m): c.9.0 x 0.3 CNotes: Turner E33. Dixon #94. Butler Vol. 4. Map 64.4 (diagram p.220). Grinsell LYDFORD 96. "A much disturbed cairn, 9m in diameter and 0.3m high with a modern 'kerb' of blocks and slabs, 5.8m in diameter and 0.5m high, set upon the mound. At the centre is a well built cist 1.4m long, 0.5m wide and 0.6m deep. Over this is a two tier pedestal of eight well trimmed blocks, of three different lengths; a further half buried block lies S of the monument. Upon this is a replacement socket stone and cross, cut at Holne in 1885". Lethbridge diagram p.93, photo p.94.Nearby sites:SX62587030

OS Map:SX 63502 79203NMR record:SX 67 NW 4HER record:5832Megalithic Portal:42726PMD:ArchertonAlternate name: Chittaford Down 1 Platform Cairn CircleShort Name: PC:ChittafordButler map: 27.18.1Butler Vol 5: p.170 & Fig.109Grinsell: LYD 38Turner: E14Dimensions (m): c.7.0 x 0.3Notes: Turner E14. "Remains of a cairn, visible as a turf covered stony mound. The NE quadrant is robbed out but around the rest of the periphery are parts of a kerb of small boulders, some set on edge, giving a diameter of 6.5m NW-SE. Maximum height 0.6m in the SW quadrant, but elsewhere the interior is badly robbed." Butler says there is a possible end slab of a cist.Nearby sites:SX63507920

OS Map:SX 55840 62030NMR record:SX 56 SE 53HER record:14793Megalithic Portal:794PMD:Collard TorAlternate name: Collard Tor stone row 1 Encircled CairnShort Name: EC:Collard TorButler map: 48.6.1Grinsell: SHA 46Turner: F17DPD: 57Barrow Report:22Dimensions (m): 9.0 x 0.3 C?Notes: Turner F17. Cairn heading the easterly of the two Collard Tor rows. "The easterly cairn at SX 55846203 measures 8.1m. in diameter and 0.6m. high. The centre has been excavated, but apart from a large prone slab there is nothing to suggest a former cist. The mound is surrounded by a peristalith of boulders each of which is 0.9m. high and roughly 0.5m square. The row is similar to the other row and can be traced for 79.6m."Nearby sites:SX55846203

OS Map:SX 55138 89153NMR record:SX 58 NE 16HER record:3172Megalithic Portal:3158Alternate name: Branscombe's Loaf 2 Stone Ring Cairn Circle Short Name: RC:Corn Ridge1Butler map: 43.12.2Grinsell: BRI 10Turner: A14Dimensions (m): 14.5 x 0.3Notes: Turner A14. One of 4 cairns on Corn Ridge - see Turner "Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor" DASP No. 48 p59 for diagram of the 4 cairns. This ring cairn can just about be seen in the photograph that accompanies this record, it is a bit difficult to capture in a photograph. It is a bit of an indistinct circular bank. It is perhaps easier to see in the Google Earth satellite imagery - which can help to then make sense of the photograph.Nearby sites:SX55148915

OS Map:SX 68588 74227NMR record:SX 67 SE 7HER record:6387Megalithic Portal:22982Alternate name: Corndon Tor 1 CairnShort Name: CN:CorndonTorButler map: 15.4.1Barrow Report: 56 62 Notes: "Cairn on the summit of Corndon Tor, to the north of the main outcrop, comprising a large stony mound, constructed from moorstone with a truncated cone profile and no turf cover. Remains of a possible second cairn are located to the south on the outcrop."Nearby sites:SX68597423

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Corringdon Ball Chambered Tomb & Stone RowsOS Map:SX 66956 61300NMR record:SX 66 SE 45HER record:5750Megalithic Portal:4619PMD:Corringdon Ball Chambered CairnAlternate name: Corringdon Ball chambered tomb Chambered TombShort Name: NT:CorringdonButler map: 56.10Butler Vol 5: p.155Grinsell: A:BRE 1DPD: 83Barrow Report:28 66 Dimensions (m): 42 x 18 x 2.4Notes: Grinsell SOUTH BRENT 1. "An earthen long barrow with a ruined stone chamber at the south east end. Early excavation and mutilation has resulted in two distinct mounds, the larger one at the south east end separated from the smaller by a path or trackway. The smaller mound appears to mark the limit of the barrow on the northwest; beyond this it merges into the natural hill-side. There are no side ditches but these may be obscured by soil washed down from the hill. The length is 42.0 m; the maximum width is 18.0m and the maximum height of 2.4m."Nearby sites:SX66966130

OS Map:SX 63382 92474NMR record:SX 69 SW 105HER record:13064Megalithic Portal:22695Alternate name: Cosdon Hill N.4 Encircled CairnShort Name: EC:Cosdon N4Butler map: 40.9Grinsell: ST 10Dimensions (m): c.7.0 x 0.4Notes: Cairn at the junction of two Bronze Age reaves. "Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, measuring 7.3 metres in diameter and standing up to 0.8 metres high. A number of edge set stones visible around the southern side of the cairn mound suggests the existence of a kerb. There is a hollow in the north side of the mound, probably the result of partial robbing or an early excavation."Nearby sites:SX63389247

OS Map:SX 61286 73076NMR record:SX 67 SW 38HER record:6308Megalithic Portal:14960PMD:The Crock of GoldShort Name: CT:CrockofGoldButler map: 65.2Grinsell: LYD 86Turner: D17DPD: 101Barrow Report:27 47 Dimensions (m): 4.0 x 0.3 CNotes: Turner D17. Dixon #25. Bar Rep. 27. Butler Vol. 4. Map 65.2 (diagram p.229). Grinsell LYDFORD 86. "The cairn, 7m in overall diameter and 0.3m high, has a flattish top with a retaining circle set 1m to 1.5m within the perimeter. This consists of six earthfast boulders, about 0.4m across and protruding a similar height above the cairn ... A central cist is oriented NW to SE. Internally it is 0.8m long, 0.4m wide at the NW end, 0.5m at the SE, and 0.7m deep. The side slabs are 1m long and respectively 0.15m and 0.25m thick; the end slabs, 0.5m long and 0.1m thick. The capstone, moved to the W, is 1.3m long, 1.1m wide and 0.15m thick and now rests against the kerb." Lethbridge diagram p.102 Cist(C), photo p.101.Nearby sites:SX61297308

OS Map:SX 60531 78683NMR record:SX 67 NW 73HER record:12954Megalithic Portal:45775PMD:Crow TorShort Name: CT:Crow TorButler map: 29.18Butler Vol 5: p.196 & Fig.139Grinsell: LYD 41Turner: E39DPD: 109Dimensions (m): 4.0 x 0.4Notes: Turner E39. Butler Vol. 2. Map 29.18 (p.63, photo on p.124, diagram Vol. 5. p.196). Grinsell LYDFORD 41 - Crow Tor SW slope. "A kerbed cairn and cist. The cairn consists of a stony, turf-covered mound, and measures 4.5m in diameter and 0.45m in height. There are traces of a retaining kerb of leaning, granite slabs to the northeast and south. The cist is set slightly to the north of the centre of the cairn. It is trapezoidal in shape, and measures 0.65m and 0.95m in length, 0.8m in width, and 0.5m in depth. The cover-stone, which is 0.9m long, 0.5m wide and 0.2m thick, is displaced and lies just to the south east of the cist." Lethbridge diagram p.107, photo bottom p.109.Nearby sites:SX60537868

OS Map:SX 60787 91954NMR record:SX 69 SW 22HER record:6867Megalithic Portal:17956PMD:Cullever StepsShort Name: CT:CulleverButler map: 40.14Butler Vol 5: p.181 & Fig.123Grinsell: BEL 2Turner: D11Dimensions (m): c.4.5 x 0.4 C?Notes: Turner D11. Butler Vol. 2. Map 40.14 (diagram Vol. 5. p.181). Grinsell BELSTONE 2. "A Bronze Age ring cairn situated below Belstone Tor within the valley of the East Okement River. The cairn survives as a 0.5 metre high bank surrounding a 4.1 metre diameter internal area. The bank around the southern and eastern side of the cairn is faced on both sides with edge set stones. A large flat stone lying on the south western part of the ring bank may represent a displaced cist coverstone. The overall dimensions of the cairn are 9.5 metres east to west by 8.5 metres north to south."Nearby sites:SX60799195

OS Map:SX 58342 65726NMR record:SX 56 NE 170HER record:42211Megalithic Portal:45797PMD:Ditsworthy CircleShort Name: CT:DitsworthyButler map: 49.6Grinsell: B:SHE 36Dimensions (m): c.8.0 x 0.3 C?Notes:nb. Not listed by Turner - assigned as "Ring Setting" type cairn due to description in NMR. Butler Vol. 3. Map 49.6. Remains of a ring cairn with three hollows visible within the circle of stones. Two of these probably represent the sites of the two cists recorded by Breton who referred to this cairn as the 'Ditsworthy Circle'. Nothing can be seen of the cists today.Nearby sites:SX58346573

OS Map:SX 58642 69315NMR record:SX 56 NE 28HER record:3440Megalithic Portal:27903Alternate name: Hingston Hill Summit 1 CairnShort Name: CN:DownTorButler map: 47.12.1Grinsell: WAL 30Dimensions (m): 14.0 x 1.3Notes: "cairn mound measures 15.5m in diam and stands up to 1.5m high. A t-shaped trench cutting into the centre of the mound suggests partial early excavation, though the results of the investigation are not known. This cairn forms part of a ritual complex of monuments including 3 cairns, a stone alignment and enclosure". Approx 70 m NW of the cairn circle at the end of the Down Tor stone row.Nearby sites:SX58646932

OS Map:SX 73350 82300NMR record:SX 78 SW 4HER record:8767Megalithic Portal:45848PMD:Easdon TorShort Name: RC:Easdon HillButler map: 22.3Grinsell: MAN 1Turner: A61Dimensions (m): 15.5Notes: Turner A61. "A cairn with a large centrally placed rock which is possibly the capstone of a kist. Robbers have excavated around and about this giving a rock strewn central hollow to the cairn. There is no encircling ditch. The capstone is approximately square. Touching its base at the east is a triangular shaped orthostat. The cairn is situated on the very summit of a hill."Nearby sites:SX73358230

OS Map:SX 65485 84047NMR record:SX 68 SE 93HER record:14887Megalithic Portal:35829Alternate name: Fernworthy 4 CairnShort Name: CN:FernworthyCButler map: 35.15.4Grinsell: LYD 22Dimensions (m): 8.0 x 0.3Notes: Newman Barrow C.Cairn forming part of the cermonial complex at Froggymeade. Sitated at the southern end of the eastern stone row to the south of Fernworthy stone circle. It was excavated in 1898 but had previously been disturbed. Only one small flint flake was found.Nearby sites:SX65498405

OS Map:SX 65539 84333NMR record:SX 68 SE 55HER record:6563Megalithic Portal:35828The Stone Rows of GB:Fernworthy 1PMD:Fernworthy N RowAlternate name: Fernworthy 1 CairnShort Name: CN:FernworthyNButler map: 35.15.1Grinsell: LYD 20Notes: Newman Barrow E. Remains of a small cairn at the northern terminus of the double stone row north of the Fernworthy stone circle. The cairn has been damaged by past tree planting and the feature can be hard to identify as the remains are low to the ground and spread far beyond its original form. Radcliffe quotes Butler and also refers to HER/SMR number 6556 or 6562. "The 1898 plan shows a mound with a stone alongside as its northern terminus, probably a cairn, 1, with a retaining circle. This stone is still visible together with another at an angle, perhaps one side of a cist ..." (Butler Vol 2 pp. 164-5)Nearby sites:SX65548433

OS Map:SX 57585 88899NMR record:SX 58 NE 2HER record:3169Megalithic Portal:36418PMD:Fordsland LedgeShort Name: CN:FordslandButler map: 42.3Butler Vol 5: p.160 & Fig.98Grinsell: OKE 4Dimensions (m): 10 x 0.4Notes: " In a crest position on Fordsland Ledge at 581.0m OD is the disturbed remains of a turf-and-heather-covered cairn. It measures 12.2m by 13.9m in diameter and is 1.1m high. In a hollow in the centre are a number of large stones suggesting the possibility of a former cist or even a chamber, utilizing the natural outcrop as its base." "The large stones visible in the centre of the feature are somewhat unusual and not typical of a cist-like structure. The presence of a chamber is very doubtful and it is more likely that the interior of the cairn has, at some point, been remodelled to create a small shelter."Nearby sites:SX57598890

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Drizzlecombe Ceremonial Complex (Photos 1)OS Map:SX 59202 66945NMR record:SX 56 NE 45HER record:3372Megalithic Portal:538Short Name: CN:GiantsBasinButler map: 49.19.5Grinsell: SHE 33DPD: 40Dimensions (m): 22.0 x 3.5Notes: The Giant's Basin is an impressive but heavily disturbed cairn lying adjacent to the Drizzlecombe Stone Rows. It measures approximately 22 metres in diameter, a maximum of 3 metres high and is partially turf-covered. An approximately 2.5 metre wide reed-covered slight depression around its circumference suggests a silted ditch. Much of the central part of the cairn has been removed to a depth of 1.65m and most of excavated material in the form of fist-sized stones and small boulders has been deposited around the rim of the mound. Lethbridge pp.38-42, diagram p.38.Nearby sites:SX59206695

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rowsOS Map:SX 66100 60802NMR record:SX 66 SE 49HER record:49561Megalithic Portal:1951PMD:Glasscombe Corner Stone RowAlternate name: Glasscombe Corner stone row Cairn CircleShort Name: CC:GlasscombeButler map: 56.12Grinsell: UGB 5Turner: G28Dimensions (m): 3.5Notes: Turner Stone Circle G28. Lower end of stone row. "A stone row, 300 yds S 41o W from Glasscombe Corner. The southern 368 feet are a double row and the northern 212 feet 6 inches a single row. The northern part has lost no stones and the change from double to single is abrupt and complete. At the S.W. end are the remains of a cairn and at the NE. end is a retaining circle with many of the stones fallen. It would appear thus that there was a grave at either end of the row. "Nearby sites:SX66106080

OS Map:SX 61660 86060NMR record:SX 68 NW 19HER record:4377Megalithic Portal:45858Short Name: CN:HangingButler map: 41.5Grinsell: LYD 6Dimensions (m): c.18.0 x 1.8Notes: Due to be excavated in 2016. Grinsell LYDFORD 6. Butler Map 41.5 (Vol 2). "A low, flat-topped cairn located on the summit of Haningstone Hill. It measures 17.5m north to south by 15.0m at base and is maximum 1.4m high. It is apparently composed of medium sized granite slabs and boulders with a thin and patchy covering of turf. An ovoid hollow, 3.1m north to south by 2.0m and 0.3m deep, containing the stump of the flag pole (noted in the Devon SMR) lies slightly east of centre. A Range Wardens' hut encroaches on the southern side of the cairn. A considerable amount of peat has built up or has been deposited on the eastern side elongating the mound by some 10m in this direction." Nearby sites:SX61668606

OS Map:SX 55348 62514NMR record:SX 56 SE 80HER record:2504Megalithic Portal:45856PMD:Hawk's Tor - Possible Chambered TombAlternate name: Hawk's Tor Rock Shelter Rock ShelterShort Name: RS:HawksTorGrinsell: A:SHA 2DPD: 56Notes: Natural feature Hawk's Tor rock shelter - resembles tomb. "At the summit stands a rock shelter, v shaped in plan with a coverstone. Rowe referred to it as a cromlech. R. N. Worth called it a natural grouping of rocks. Mr. Beckerlegge on examining the coverstone, found a similar vein of quartz in the coverstone as in the rocks of the v shaped shelter, but running in a different direction. The coverstone must have been levered or swung in an anti-clockwise direction through an angle of 90 degrees to make a shelter of what was previously an opening between two vertical walls of rock". Might be prehistoric, could be from Roman period or later. Lethbridge p.54-6 Hawk's Tor Cromlech / Rock Shelter - diagram p.55, photo p.56. See also: The Modern Antiquarian. The following is a sketch by R.H Worth.

OS Map:SX 64856 83806NMR record:SX 68 SW 26HER record:6730Megalithic Portal:45619PMD:Hemstone RocksAlternate name: Hemstone Rocks N.3 Platform Cairn CircleShort Name: PC:HemstoneButler map: 35.7.3Grinsell: LYD 17bTurner: E12Notes: Turner E12. Next to Turner ring cairn D9. Grinsell Lydford 17b. "Remains of a cairn 8.0 metres diameter and up to 0.2 metres high to the north of the hut settlement. There are two pits cut into it, probably the result of work carried out by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1901." DNP Site 9F.Nearby sites:SX64868381

OS Map:SX 64852 83850NMR record:SX 68 SW 26HER record:6729Megalithic Portal:45619PMD:Hemstone RocksAlternate name: Hemstone Rocks N.2 Ring Setting Cairn and CistShort Name: CT:HemstoneButler map: 35.7.2Grinsell: LYD 17aTurner: D9Dimensions (m): 6.2Notes: Turner D9. Butler Hemstone Rocks N. 1 - Vol. 2. Map 35.7. Central cist. Next to Turner Platform Circle E12. Grinsell Lydford 17a. There are 3 cairns in the vicinity and they are according to Newman [2013] impossible to match up with the old reports. These cairns were excavated by Baring-Gould in 1900. A flint flake was found in the cist. There is also a rectangular pit in this cairn which could be from the 1900 excavation. See also: MDV48854. DNP Site 8FNearby sites:SX64858385

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Down Tor Stone Row and Cairn CircleOS Map:SX 59201 69453NMR record:SX 56 NE 31HER record:3375Megalithic Portal:27900PMD:Narrator Brookhead N.Alternate name: Narrator Brookhead 1 Chambered CairnShort Name: CN:HingstonButler map: 47.7.1Butler Vol 5: p.158Grinsell: WAL 32Dimensions (m): 19.0 x 1.6Notes: The large cairn to NW of Down Tor (Hingston Hill) stone row has been claimed to contain a cist or "elements of chambering" (Burnard via PMD). A stony round cairn located on the flatish sadle of Hingston Hill. The cairn mound measures 17 metres in diameter and stands up to 1.5 metres high. A hollow in the centre of the mound measures 4 metres long, 3 metres wide and 1.2 metres deep, and is probably the result of partial robbing or early excavation. The edges of the mound are steep-sided, indicating the existence of a kerb, which now survives mainly as a buried feature. A quarry ditch surrounds the mound, visible as a 1.5 metre wide band of rushes on the northern side of the mound, the result of increased moisture in the buried ditch. This cairn is in direct line with the two terminal stones at either end of a stone alignment to the south-west.Nearby sites:SX59206945

OS Map:SX 69905 81314NMR record:SX 68 SE 36HER record:6611Megalithic Portal:34982Alternate name: Hookney Tor summit CairnShort Name: CN:HookneyTorButler map: 20.7Grinsell: N.BOV 2Notes: Tor cairn north of Hookney Tor and resembling a barrow in shape. Enough of the topsoil has been removed to show that the mound is a natural outcrop feature covered with turf and heather, enclosed on three sides by a broken turf and stone bank. A footpath approaching the west side has probably effaced the remainder of the circuit. Nearby sites:SX69918131

OS Map:SX 67158 81299NMR record:SX 68 SE 19HER record:6675Megalithic Portal:34690PMD:Water Hill Possible Chambered CairnAlternate name: Water Hill 1 CairnShort Name: CN:Kings OvenButler map: 26.5.1Butler Vol 5: p.156 & Fig.95Grinsell: CHA 6Dimensions (m): 18.0 x 1.3Notes: Situated at SX 67158129 on the rounded summit of Water Hill is the remains of a substantial round cairn 18.0 metres in diameter and up to 1.4 metres high in the east and 0.9 metres in the west. The whole of the central area of the cairn has been robbed to construct a superimposed modern boundary cairn 4.0 metres in diam and 2.1 metres high. This has given a 'dished' appearance to the cairn proper. Several large slabs averging 0.8 metres by 0.7 metres scattered around the base of the boundary cairn may be the remains of a destroyed cist.

The southern flat topped cairn measures 18 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres in height and is surmounted by a modern stone pile. A large slab situated to the south of this pile may have been part of a cist. Nearby sites:SX67168130

OS Map:SX 65970 64212NMR record:SX 66 SE 10HER record:5717Megalithic Portal:45842Short Name: RC:Knatta Bar.Butler map: 57.29Butler Vol 5: p.160 & Fig.102Grinsell: BRE 2Turner: A54Dimensions (m): 14.0 x 0.7Notes: Turner A54. "This large cairn (24m diameter, 1.7m height) composed of loose granite boulders. It is unusual among summit cairns in having a well defined outer bank about 1m wide and 0.5m high. This is partly turf covered but where eroded can be seen to be built of loose stone like the central cairn which touches it. It shows best on the north and east sides, while on the south west side it tends to merge into the body of the cairn. "Nearby sites:SX65976421

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Lakehead HillOS Map:SX 64351 77493NMR record:SX 67 NW 33HER record:5843Megalithic Portal:24365Alternate name: Lakehead Hill 5 Cairn CircleShort Name: CC:Lakehead 5Butler map: 27.19.5Grinsell: LYD 55Turner: G24DPD: 117Barrow Report: 54 Dimensions (m): 6.8Notes: Butler Cairn 5. Tuner lists this as G24 Stone Circle. However, it is clear from its size and location near other Ring Settings that it is in fact better described as a Ring Setting despite having no visible internal structure. In these listings we will leave it as a cairn circle. "The cairn is defined by a circle of edge set stones which measure 7.8 metres in diameter and stand up to 0.9 metres high." Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photo top p.117.Nearby sites:SX64357749

The author visited this site on 26/06/2018. A semi circular group of mounds can indeed be seen but these mounds are like the mounds all over Cox Tor, White Tor and Roos Tor. These mounds are probably periglacial. An alternative explanation of these mounds is the activity of the yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus). Whilst the ants can use stones (natural or ring cairn) to initiate their mounds they are not required. Whichever explanation for these mounds is correct it seems most likely this site is a natural occurrence that happens to look like a ring cairn.

OS Map:SX 57573 65470NMR record:HER record:-1Megalithic Portal:45857Alternate name: Legis Tor Ossuary OssuaryShort Name: OS:LegisTorDPD: 37Notes: An intriguing structure consisting of two very large parallel slabs on Legis Tor. Site discovered by Lethbridge who suggests it might be an ossuary. This is quite clearly a man made structure. The two very large parallel slabs look very much like they are an artificial construction rather than natural. One end has a clearly built up wall to form a structure. There is one larger end slab, very small in comparison to the side slabs - but it rests on a bunch of other slabs that look very much like they have been artificially placed. This is undoubtedly a prehistoric construction - a large cist or "ossuary" (receptacle for burials or cremations - a sort of tomb). No entries in HER or NMR. see Lethbridge p.37 diagram and photo.Nearby sites:SX57576547

OS Map:SX 67526 69359NMR record:SX 66 NE 66HER record:5308Megalithic Portal:3374Alternate name: Mardle Valley 1 Embanked Cairn CircleShort Name: CC:MardleButler map: 58.12.1Turner: B11Dimensions (m): 12.0 x 0.3Notes: Turner B11. embanked stone circle; an annular bank of earth and/or stone with an inner edge of orthostats. Much disturbed. Internal diam 6.5m with bank 1.2m wide and 0.4m high (turner). This cairn has a very interesting structure appearing to be multiple circles of stones similar to the cairns at Corringdon Ball. This structure is difficult to capture in a photograph as the stones are small and the site much disturbed.Nearby sites:SX67536936

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Mardon Down Stone Circle & CairnsOS Map:SX 76744 87691NMR record:SX 78 NE 5HER record:8308Megalithic Portal:3375Alternate name: Mardon Down Pillared Circle 5 Embanked Cairn CircleShort Name: CC:Mardon 5Butler Vol 5: p.150 & Fig.92Grinsell: MOR 1Turner: B6DPD: 149Dimensions (m): 10 x 0.7Notes: Turner B6. This is an impressive cairn circle with a well preserved ring of large pillars surrounded by an outer kerb ring of smaller slabs on their edges. The cairn is 11m. in diameter and 0.5m. high, with a well preserved cairn circle comprising a 9.0m. diameter circle of spaced uprights averaging 0.8m. high, with kerbing between. Unlike the stone circle it is marked on the OS Okehampton and North Dartmoor Landranger map (Sheet 191). It is easy to confuse this cairn with the less well preserved stone circle which is a few hundred metres to the south.Nearby sites:SX76748769

OS Map:SX 55368 74598NMR record:SX 57 SE 9HER record:3759Megalithic Portal:10501The Stone Rows of GB:Merrivale 4PMD:Merrivale MenhirAlternate name: Merrivale 6 (near standing stone) Encircled CairnShort Name: EC:Merivale SButler map: 44.8.6Grinsell: WAL 6Turner: F19Dimensions (m): 3.0 x 0.2Notes: Turner F19. The cairn at SX 55367459, now turf-covered with an excavation pit in the centre, has a diameter of 2.4m. and a height of 0.1m. The photo shows the cairn just to the right of centre. The excavation pit can be seen. In the background is the recumbent slab by the tuft of vegetation. A very irregular "circle" of stones can be seen around this cairn. The large menhir's shadow can be seen in this photo.Nearby sites:SX55377460

OS Map:SX 59827 62268NMR record:SX 56 SE 63HER record:2402Megalithic Portal:45617PMD:Penn Beacon 2Alternate name: Penn Beacon S.2 Platform Cairn CircleShort Name: PC:Penn BeaconButler map: 52.14.2Grinsell: COR 4Turner: E7Dimensions (m): 13.0 x 0.5Notes: Turner E7. A tumulus with a retaining circle, in poor condition. Diameter 12m, height 0.5m. "A cairn, about forty feet in diameter, from which almost all the stones have been removed and the central cist destroyed. It was surrounded by a circle of upright stones from one to three feet high, and to the west a row of two pairs of stones." Nearby sites:SX59836227

OS Map:SX 54838 77646NMR record:SX 57 NW 27HER record:4120Megalithic Portal:35802Alternate name: Langstone Moor S.2 CairnShort Name: CN:Langston S2Butler map: 31.19.2Grinsell: PET 34Dimensions (m): 5.8 x 0.3Notes: "Two round barrows on Peter Tavy Great Common. (A) SX54847764 A flat topped stony mound, probably a cairn, about 12m E-W by 11m transversely and of 0.6m maximum height. There is no apparent kerb and the edges are ill-defined. It is predominantly turf-covered but a small area of stones is exposed in the NW quadrant presumably the site of the 1899 excavation.(B) SX54887765 Located 45m ENE of 'A' or probable cairn visible as a turf covered mound about 5m in diameter and 0.3m high. No kerb is evident and the centre has been disturbed. The mounds are both quite prominently situated on the summit of a gently domed ridge of rough grassland which is generally devoid of surface stone."Nearby sites:SX54847765

OS Map:SX 61817 71957NMR record:SX 67 SW 40HER record:6310Megalithic Portal:34957Alternate name: Royal Hill E.1 CairnShort Name: CN:RoyalHill 1Butler map: 65.5.1Grinsell: LYD 93Dimensions (m): 15.5 x 2.0Notes: "This impressive disturbed turf-covered cairn on the summit area of Royal Hill at 394m OD. It measures 16.4m (N-S) by 15.6m (E-W) with a maximum height of 1.8m. The flattish top has an off-centre pit 4.5m by 2.4m and 0.8m deep with some upcast material dumped around the top edge. Damage to the perimeter, reported in 1982 (8), has mostly been reinstated. The cairn is variously named Broken Barrow, Broken Barrows and Brokenborough"

OS Map:SX 62082 72334NMR record:SX 67 SW 34HER record:6304Megalithic Portal:34960PMD:Royal Hill E.Alternate name: Royal Hill E.4 Platform Cairn Circle and CistShort Name: CT:RoyalHill 4Butler map: 65.5.4Grinsell: LYD 89Turner: E21DPD: 98Barrow Report:27 47 Dimensions (m): 5.5 x 0.6 CNotes: Turner E21 - listed as Royal Hill (N) [n.b. we have a south, central & north - N being a different cist]. Dixon #23. Bar Rep. 27. Butler Royal Hill E. 4 (Cairn 4 - diagram p.233) - Vol. 4. Map 65.5. Grinsell LYDFORD 89. "The cairn has an overall diameter of about 7.5m in diameter, and 0.6m high, with a flattish top. There are traces of an inner kerb 4.5m in diameter, and an outer one 5.7m across comprising boulders and slabs, the largest 1.5m long, 0.6m high, and 0.2m thick. The interior of the central cist is about 0.8m square with four stones up to 0.25m thick and 0.6m deep but the southern one overlaps the sides, is 1m long, and gives the cist its NW to SE alignment. This and the two end stones incline inwards; the northern one inclines slightly outwards. There is no cover stone." Lethbridge diagram p.97 Cist B, photo p.98.Nearby sites:SX62087233

OS Map:SX 62108 72434NMR record:SX 67 SW 35HER record:6305Megalithic Portal:34959PMD:Royal Hill NE.Alternate name: Royal Hill E.5 Ring Setting Cairn and CistShort Name: CT:RoyalHill 5Butler map: 65.5.5Grinsell: LYD 90Turner: D21DPD: 98Barrow Report:27 47 Dimensions (m): 3.0 x 0.3 CNotes: Turner D21. Dixon #24. Bar Rep. 27. Butler Royal Hill E. 5 (Cairn 5 - diagram p.233)- Vol. 4. Map 65.5. Central cist. Grinsell LYDFORD 90. "The circle is 3.1m in overall diameter, comprising nine contiguous thick slabs, up to 0.9m long and from 0.3m to 0.7m high... There is virtually no cairn material but the interior has been levelled up to a height of 0.1m on the E, downhill side. A central cist oriented WNW to ESE is represented by two side stones which protrude 0.15m above ground. They are 1.2m and 0.9m long and both about 0.2m thick and 0.4m deep. The longer, northern one leans inwards and touches the other at the W end; at the E the stones are 0.8m apart separated by two flat (packing ?) stones each about 0.35m across. An overgrown and embedded slab against the circle W if the cist may have been an end stone." Lethbridge diagram p.97 Cist C, photo p.98.Nearby sites:SX62117243

OS Map:SX 55410 63490NMR record:SX 56 SE 135HER record:29996Megalithic Portal:3458Short Name: CC:ShaughMoorNTurner: G18Dimensions (m): 8.2Notes: Turner Stone circle G18. "Whether the stones represent the remnants of a stone circle, a cairn circle, or even a hut is debateable". "The remains of a circle of stones lie on a north-west facing hill slope at 256m above OD on unenclosed moorland. It survives as a partial ring of five boulder and stones with an off-centre earthfast boulder; the overall diameter was approximately 10.0m to 10.6m across. The largest of the two slabs which remain upright is 0.8m high, 1.7m wide and 0.3m thick."Nearby sites:SX55416349

OS Map:SX 59835 63835NMR record:SX 56 SE 67HER record:12790Megalithic Portal:1250Alternate name: Shell Top Summit 3 Stone Ring Cairn Circle Short Name: RC:ShellTopSu3Butler map: 51.10.3Grinsell: COR 1aTurner: A44Dimensions (m): 20.0 x 0.2Notes: Turner A44. "a stone ring 20.5m overall diameter, comprising small, heather covered stones, 0.8m wide and 0.2m high. It lies on the broad level summit of shell top at 475m above sea level. There is a wide 3m wide gap on the north side and the interior is slightly domed, about 0.4m high, possibly a natural rise since it is off-centre. The term 'stone circle' is rather a mis-nomer since only half a dozen stones protrude from the turf and in appearance it is simply a low circular bank."Nearby sites:SX59846384

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial ComplexOS Map:SX 65958 86025NMR record:SX 68 NE 17HER record:6158Megalithic Portal:3464PMD:Fourfold CircleAlternate name: Fourfold Circle Cairn CircleShort Name: CC:Shovel4FoldButler map: 36.7Grinsell: GID 3Turner: G31DPD: 143Dimensions (m): c.9.0Notes: Turner G31 - Multiple Stone Circle. "Fourfold Circle a sub-circular configuration of four apparently concentric stone rings. The outer ring has a diameter of 9m, the others have diameters of 6.4m, 4.7m and 2.4m respectively. The monument comprises 29 visible stones. Most are approximately 0.3m in height although they vary from 0.1-0.55m. The middle two rings define the bottom and top of the scarp of a small earthern cairn apparently an integral part of the monument. It is most pronounced on the E (downslope side). In the centre is a roughly sub-circular pit measuring 1.3m by 0.7m and 0.45m deep; it is probably the remains of a badly robbed cist. On the N side are two large fallen stones. When upright they may have served as a focal point for the end of the stone row " Lethbridge 139-145, diagram p.139.Nearby sites:SX65968603

OS Map:SX 54603 89438NMR record:SX 58 NW 9HER record:4627Megalithic Portal:10022Alternate name: Corn Ridge N.W.1 CairnShort Name: CN:SourtonTorsButler map: 43.10.1Grinsell: BRI 1Dimensions (m): 11.0 x 0.3Notes: "The remains of a cairn, SX 54608942, which has been disturbed in the past - now heather covered. Diameter 10.5m, height 0.5m. One or two stones of the retaining circle are still visible but there is no trace of a cist to be seen."Nearby sites:SX54608944

OS Map:SX 64084 82827NMR record:SX 68 SW 88HER record:20908Megalithic Portal:45611PMD:South TeignheadShort Name: PC:S TeignheadButler map: 35.17Butler Vol 5: p.157Turner: E4Dimensions (m): 8.0 x 14.0 x 0.5Notes: Turner E4. oval cairn measuring 12.0m x 8.0m. It is flat-topped apart from a slight hollow in the centre. It appears to have multiple concentric rings of spaced small stones set on edge, with at least six rings being visible on its north side. To the south-east some stones are set at right angles to the rings. Butler in Volume 5 p.157 refers to a 14 x 6 m long cairn on the southern slopes of White Ridge. Presumably he refers to this site.Nearby sites:SX64088283

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Spinsters' RockOS Map:SX 70098 90789NMR record:SX 79 SW 1HER record:8440Megalithic Portal:149PMD:Spinsters RockShort Name: NT:SpinstersButler Vol 5: p.155Grinsell: A:DREW 1DPD: 150Notes: Chambered tomb restored in 1862. No evidence to confirm or deny the existence of an original mound survives. The remains of the chamber consist of three granite orthostats 6 to 9 1/2 feet high which support a large capstone 14 1/2 feet long by 10 feet wide. No trace of any mound survives. It is associated with the nearby stones thought to have been circles and alignments (SX 69 SE 25) (see Shilstone Common & Spinster's Rock page).Nearby sites:SX70109079

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone RowOS Map:SX 63244 62423NMR record:SX 66 SW 17HER record:4300Megalithic Portal:3474PMD:Staldon Stone RowAlternate name: Stalldown stone row Cairn CircleShort Name: CC:StalldownButler map: 54.18.1Grinsell: COR 21Turner: D26DPD: 68Dimensions (m): 5.0 x 0Notes: Butler Cairn 1 (Vol 3 54.18). Turner D26 (Type Diii 'Ring Setting with Central reduced to subsoil level or paved'). Cairn in middle of length of stone row. "The northern part of the row is aligned precisely in the centre of the cairn circle, both of which would therefore seem part of the original design. The cairn is not visible from the south end of the southern extension of the row. This extension consists of four general alignments more of which focus on the cairn circle, and the northern end of the extension is tangential to the west side of the circle. These factors, and the larger size of the stones in the northern extension of the row, suggest two phases of construction."Nearby sites:SX63246242

OS Map:SX 65250 85470NMR record:SX 68 NE 115HER record:54535Megalithic Portal:3478Alternate name: Stonetor Hill 1 Cairn CircleShort Name: CC:Stonetor 1Turner: G12DPD: 133Dimensions (m): 20Notes: Dubious site. Possibly site listed as Stone Circle G12 by Turner. "Two upright slabs situated in the shallow valley bottom above the headmire of the E arm of the Stonetor Brook. The slabs, 1.2m high, are positioned in line 1.0m apart and lie on the boundary of Gidleigh Parish and the Forest of Dartmoor, now Dartmoor Forest parish. The N face of the E stone has the letters 'GP' (Gidleigh parish). The S face is lichen covered. A deep water filled erosion hollow lies on the N side of these stones". For a photo of this site, see Boundary stone on Stonetor HillNearby sites:SX65258547

OS Map:SX 65200 85360NMR record:SX 68 NE 110HER record:48856Megalithic Portal:3478Alternate name: Stonetor Hill 3 Stone Ring Cairn Circle Short Name: RC:Stonetor 3Turner: A3DPD: 133Dimensions (m): 25Notes: Turner A3. Possible pound? "The feature consists of a sub-circular earthern bank 25m in diameter and up to 0.4m in height. It is best preserved on the North side where the bank is well defined, flat topped and has a plan width of about 4.0m On the South side the bank has been spread and flattened but still survives to 0.5m in height as a prominent outward-facing scarp, where the natural ground surface falls away from the enclsure. There is no entrance through the bank."Nearby sites:SX65208536

OS Map:SX 73574 76472NMR record:SX 77 NW 7HER record:7455Megalithic Portal:32049Alternate name: Top Tor 1 CairnShort Name: CN:Top TorButler map: 9.7.1Grinsell: WID 11Dimensions (m): 10.5 x 0.5Notes: NMR C. "Cairns on Top Tor. Two inconspicuous cairns lie about 80 metres apart beside the track which follows the crest of the ridge on the north side of Top Tor. The cairn to the south is smaller at circa 7.5 metres diameter by 0.2 metres high and has a circle of ten slabs showing above the turf around the edge. This cairn has been reported to have a stone row running downhill to the north but the few earthfast slabs in this direction are no more numerous than elsewhere on the hillside and this seems unconvincing. Nearly 100 metres east of the southern cairn is an arc of three standing and two flat slabs representing about a quarter of a circle. The interior is quite flat except for a shallow trench but possibly the stones originally surrounded a cairn which has been completely removed. Other details: Map 9, Site 7."Nearby sites:SX73577647

OS Map:SX 70663 79203NMR record:SX 77 NW 23HER record:7411Megalithic Portal:16632Alternate name: Two Barrows 2 CairnShort Name: CN:TwoBarrowsSButler map: 20.11.2Butler Vol 5: p.23Grinsell: WID 3Dimensions (m): 11.5 x 1.0Notes: Grinsell WIDECOMBE 3. Butler Volume 1 Map 20.11 Two Barrows 2. An oval, stony mound measuring 15.5m E-W and 10.5m N-S. It stands up to 1.1m high and was probably originally bowl-profiled. The N slope is spit by a narrow path and a N-S slope across the top of the barrow has caused minor damage. It appears to be unexcavated. The mounds is crossed by a maintained drystone field wall, approaching from the SE and turning W on the barrow. The wall is built over the mound and does not seem to have caused much damage. This barrow appears to have been a target point for a reave, Fleming's Hameldon South, approaching from the E and stopping 3.5m short of the mound. The reave line is continued W by the modern wall beyond the barrow. See also: Bate, C Spence, Researches into Some Antient Tumuli on Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol. 5 pp.549-58 (1872). Nearby sites:SX70667920

OS Map:SX 61477 93055NMR record:SX 69 SW 25HER record:13049Megalithic Portal:23222Short Name: CN:WatchetHillButler map: 40.12Grinsell: BEL 3Dimensions (m): c.14.0 x 0.8Notes: "A Bronze Age round cairn situated on the summit of Watchet Hill. The cairn survives as a 0.8 metre high oval mound measuring 16.6 metres long north to south by 13.8 metres wide east to west. A T-shaped trench, the consequence of a partial early excavation, cuts through the central part of the mound. Adjacent to the south eastern side of the mound there is a 2.3 metre wide and 0.2 metre deep ditch. This represents the remains of the quarry ditch from which material was derived during the construction of the cairn. The ditch would have originally surrounded the mound but now survives largely as a buried feature."Nearby sites:SX61489306

OS Map:SX 53010 74990NMR record:SX 57 SW 89HER record:4115Megalithic Portal:3535Alternate name: Whitchurch Common N. Stone Ring Cairn Circle Short Name: RC:Whitchurch1Turner: A41Dimensions (m): 5.5Notes: Turner A41. Hut Circle or ring cairn? "Ring cairn with entrance. Stone ring 5.5m internal diam, with bank 1.5m wide and 0.4m high.2.5m wide entrance on ssw side" " A hut with an internal diam of 5.8m and walling 1.5m wide and 0.4m high; there is an entrance gap in the sw. This is evidently grinsell's cairn and worth's barrow.(broadly it is on the n slope of barn hill as stated by worth, but locally on the sw slope). While the structure might in isolation be construed as a cairn, the lack of any internal stone, the consistently smooth angle of the inner face of the wall and the presence of other huts and a field system militate against the worth and grinsell classifications"Nearby sites:SX53017499

OS Map:SX 54597 78701NMR record:SX 57 NW 7HER record:4164Megalithic Portal:35804Alternate name: White Tor E.1 Stone Ring Cairn Circle Short Name: RC:White TorButler map: 31.22.1Grinsell: PET 24Turner: A26Dimensions (m): 7.8 x 0.2Notes: See also duplicate 439800. Turner A26. Butler White Tor E.1. "Round cairn 340 metres east of White Tor summit. This monument includes a round cairn situated on a gentle south-east facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Walkham. The cairn mound measures 6m in diameter and stands up to 0.4m high. A hollow in the centre of the mound measuring 3m in diameter and 0.3m deep is the result of a partial excavation carried out by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1899. This work recovered a perforated stone. A kerb of small stones defines the outer edge of the mound."Nearby sites:SX54607870

OS Map:SX 54172 65243NMR record:SX 56 NW 16HER record:2300Short Name: CN:Wigford d1Grinsell: MEA 2aDimensions (m): 8 x 0.6Notes: Retaining circle on nw slope of wigford down a little way to north of a green track which leads from the salient point of the enclosure wall between Urgles and Higher Bellever to the high road near durance.183m away lies a pound with two hut circles associated. Southern circumference of circle has been robbed and stones of cairn removed. The stones of the circle are small, only one exceeding 1.22mNearby sites:SX54176524

OS Map:SX 58044 90185NMR record:SX 59 SE 6HER record:4814Megalithic Portal:36416Alternate name: Yes Tor 2 CairnShort Name: CN:Yes Tor EButler map: 42.1.2Grinsell: OKE 2Dimensions (m): 20+Notes: One of two cairns on Yes Tor. On the top of the flat outcrop of Yes Tor and piled against the west side is an amorphous mass of stones representing a ruined cairn. The patch of stones on the top is more or less 14.0m across and 0.3 m high and the piling against the outcrop is 2.3m high. It is possible that this has resulted from bulldozing the cairn over the side of the outcrop but the stones appear quite stable and compacted.

The central excavation is approximately 12.0m across and extends to 0.5m below the natural ground level. In the base of the hollow and on its south side are three partly buried slabs each about 1.7m long, 0.2m thick and more than 0.5m wide, which look like the displaced remains of a former cist. Nearby sites:SX58049019

OS Map:SX 57955 90210NMR record:SX 59 SE 6HER record:4813Megalithic Portal:36416Alternate name: Yes Tor 1 CairnShort Name: CN:Yes Tor WButler map: 42.1.1Grinsell: OKE 1Dimensions (m): 29Notes: Grinsell OKEHAMPTON HAMLETS 1. Butler Volume 2 Map 42.1. Western of two round barrows on the summit of yes tor. About 36.6m nw of flag staff on the top of yes tor is an incomplete ring of rough granite boulders varying in size but generally 0.3m - 0.9m. Long. The ring is about 6.1m long and is defective on the north east side where there is evidence of a slightly sunken trackway. In the interior of this ring the ground is slightly irregular and contains blocks of granite. At the south western part of the circle a smaller circle of stones abuts on the previous circle. Nearby sites:SX57969021